Stupid things people say when they hear you're dieting
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My mom goes "I can't make changes to this recipe for you. I'm an old woman (53) so I NEED meat on my bones."
Then she added 2 FREAKING CUPS of full fat parmesan cheese. I was adding her recipe to the MFP database because I wanted some of her Tortellini. I NEVER knew she put 1550 calories of cheese in it. Her recipe doubled in calories when she did that.
Now the joke around my house is:
I'm not sure this salad is gonna bind properly. I should add 2 cups of parmesan cheese.
OR
Something is missing in this breaded chicken breast. It's a little bland. I should add 2 cups of parmesan cheese.
Or
You know what would go really well with this low-fat chocolate pudding? 2 cups of parmesan cheese.
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"You'll gain back all the weight after you get married..."
Ummm.... what?? I lost 80 BEFORE meeting husband, lost another 30 BEFORE we were engaged. What makes you think that having a ceremony and signing a peice of paper is going to cause me to go back to my unhealthy lifestyle??
Gah! Still makes me mad thinking about this and it was said over a year ago... husband and I have been married for 8 months. And I currently weigh just as much now as I did on our wedding day (would be less if I hadn't eaten those darn Girl Scout cookies yesterday -- LOL!).
HAHA - getting married is what's MAKING me lose weight! I gained so much because I was in an abusive home and I was depressed all the time. Now I'm happy with my life, and I want to look as good on the outside as I do on the inside!0 -
"You're tall, you can afford to weigh more" -
The extra six inches I have on you should NOT equate to 50-100 more pounds. Sorry.0 -
If they know I am doing a lifestyle change, they still ask "Do you want some cake?"0
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"What do you need to lose weight for"?
GET THE EFF OUT OF HERE....I am obviously fat....sheesh!!!
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Guy hasn't seen my in quite a while. Looks me up and down: "Have you been sick?"
Moron.0 -
My all time favorite
"Dont lose anymore weight you wont look good nekid."
Cause my current flabby belly is so sexy right! BTW my little brother told me this.0 -
Here's one from my husband trying to be supportive... so cute...
"You know what, honey, you're doing so well that I've decided I'm going to go on your diet with you. All I'm going to eat is hot dogs!"
WTF? LOL Sooo many things wrong with this.0 -
I get told that I always lose, but I ALWAYS put it back on! Uggh!! How about a little support! And I'm not dieting, I'm making a lifestyle change! but thanks for telling me that I'm always on a diet! end vent! haha
No way! not cool! sometimes people don't know when to just shut up!0 -
Worst things I ever heard were doozies (and both by the same person who was a certified personal trainer!)
"Do you know why bad things have happened to you and you gained weight? It's because you must have been a bad person in a previous life. "
"If you really want to lose weight, here's what you do. Every day, eat 2 cups of brown rice, 1 cup of carrot juice, and 2 cups of milk... and *that's all you should eat*."
WTF previous life? I had a doctor once who wouldnt help me with an ailment because she believed it would resolve in my next life.
Time for a new trainer and a new doctor.0 -
"Don't waste that, it's perfectly good!"
Perfectly good as in, could kill me if I keep eating it? Yep. It's perfectly good, alright.0 -
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Wow you've lost 37 lbs already. I didn't realize how fat you are........0
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I just love it when poeple tell me to have " just have one" like really that's how I got to the weight i am now0
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"you weigh HOW much? you carry it so well!!" no i don't, go eff yourself.
"you're on a diet? oh, good." ;-P
"why aren't you eating any of this delicious cheesy pizza? here, just have a slice."0 -
I honestly got this one from the mother in law "Yes, its fried, but its okra, and thats a vegetable, so that's GOOD for you. Besides, I cooked it in the deep fryer, and it cooks so fast that way, it doesn't have time to soak up much of the oil"
The woman taught biology and anatomy at a college level.. she KNOWS how silly she's being when she says this.
And from my father in law, referencing how I had just said I had to stop somewhere seperate for my lunch, since everyone else I was with wanted Krystal burgers, I called everything on the menu "junk", he says "... junk, what? Food.. its still food even if you think its junk food, you could have eaten it.. you didn't HAVE to go somewhere else!"
Oh and my personal favorite "Yeah, that might be better FOR you.. but I won't eat it, becuase it just doesn't taste as good"
All of this from my in laws... I just happened to marry into a family that stay very tall and lean even though they grew up eating deep fried, buttered everything! My husband will eat healthfully with me.. but the others think a salad smothered in ranch dressing and a BLT are "good" choices..0 -
I honestly got this one from the mother in law "Yes, its fried, but its okra, and thats a vegetable, so that's GOOD for you.
Yes, and the carrot cake my MIL bought *just for me* was healthy too!0 -
"Shouldn't you be taking a break from your diet since you're on vacation?" And GAIN weight, no thanks.
"Why are you going to the hotel gym? Its a vacation" Uh, I ate cake for dessert and don't want to find it on the scale when I go home!
Lifestyle change is forever, not just when you're at home!0 -
this is the type of diet my son will be on when he can eat solids. he will not ever know what mcdonalds tastes like. even if it requires lying to parents and telling them he is diabetic. We live in a day and age where we know more about health than ever before, there is no excuse for children going up obese in todays world.
This is what I'm going to do when I have a baby someday. I'm practicing making all these healthy foods not just for me but for my future husband and children so we may live a healthy life together. Such a difficult concept right? I think getting my boyfriend to eat better is going to be the hardest part, he loves his wings and mozzarella sticks. :laugh:
I love it when kids eat healthy! I have 3 little nephews who LOVE healthy food! When their mom brings out the cherry tomatoes, you'd think she's bring them freshly baked cookies, they get so excited! Oh and they will pick the tomato slices off of pizza and eat them plain XD0 -
this is the type of diet my son will be on when he can eat solids. he will not ever know what mcdonalds tastes like. even if it requires lying to parents and telling them he is diabetic. We live in a day and age where we know more about health than ever before, there is no excuse for children going up obese in todays world.
This is what I'm going to do when I have a baby someday. I'm practicing making all these healthy foods not just for me but for my future husband and children so we may live a healthy life together. Such a difficult concept right? I think getting my boyfriend to eat better is going to be the hardest part, he loves his wings and mozzarella sticks. :laugh:
My 5 year old daughter has never tasted soda, and almost exclusively drinks water and milk (but mostly water when it's warm). She loves apples and grapes and one of her very favorite foods is a sweet potato, just baked with nothing on it. While she is still a fairly typical 5 year old that loves the occasional treat of mcdonalds chicken nuggets (with apple slices!) or chocolate chip cookie, I try to make sure that our daily choices are nutritionally sound and we sometimes play a game where she thinks of foods and asks me if they are good for her or not.0 -
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I just love it when poeple tell me to have " just have one" like really that's how I got to the weight i am now
^^this exactly! there are saboteurs all around me!0 -
If they know I am doing a lifestyle change, they still ask "Do you want some cake?"
Yeah. "Come on, it's your birthday! Have a couple pieces of cake. Eat whatever/as much as you want!" No, I'll have ONE little piece and maybe a scoop of low carb ice cream. I'm being good goshdarnit! :P0 -
You're leaving out a big detail. Kids learn many habits, healthy and otherwise, from their parents. You're trying to teach them better habits. Stay strong... and occassionally beat them with those mashed potatoes.."Better be careful." I hate this line.. I mean, seriously... how can I be careless in losing fat when it comes to my health. It's offending to me because I did my research for eating healthy and exercise, and even planned it all out nicely! No excess of dieting or starving, and no excess or little exercises.
I get this all the time from hubby when I'm exercising more then a few days in a row or I tell him I'm going to increase my workout time.
My kids will say "how much longer do we have to eat this crap" <---crap is baked chicken, fresh steamed veggies, homemade mashed potatoes (not instant)
Are you KIDDING me? I'd let them starve and fend for themselves for a week and see how much they appreciate the hard work you guys go through to buy and prepare this food then. That is ridiculous. You must have the patience of a god to put up with that bs.
Yep I'm a horrible mom. I actually prep my meals 2 weeks at a time and it takes hours to do it. But it saves me money, and time when I get home in the evenings. I get up an hour and a half early to fix them breakfast and pack their lunches. These are not small children mind you but 4 nearly grown teenagers. The oldest 2 are the worst. Never say thank you and complain that they have to eat "crap" just because I need to lose weight. I love them and pray they find good wives. lol
Omg, you need to hand your kids over to my mother for a few days. That's all it'll take for them to appreciate what they have!
Not saying my mom's bad, but let's just say there's a reason I learned to cook myself breakfast by age 12!
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"I feel guilty eating this in front of you..."
Followed by....
Listing every food I have eaten that day and saying "how can you eat all that and say you are on a diet?" {insert akward silence...} Hey, i'm just trying to help...."
Um, NO YOU'RE NOT. If you were trying to help me, you would have listened the first 32 times I've explained why I have a high calorie diet, and not make me feel like a whale for having a cup of strawberries while you scarf down two oatmeal cream pies and a star crunch.
MOFO.
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Hubby asks: "What's wrong"
Seriously dude, I'm hungry, I'd love to rip that damn white chocolate dipped vanilla ice cream pop right outta your hands, instead, I get to nibble on 1/4 cup of unsweetned, organic granola for a snack.
This is exactly what I deal with. Listening to crunching on Doritos and licking his fingers and with a mouthful asks me..what's wrong..u want a Dorito??...oh, no thanks I'd much rather have these sour cream and onion rice cakes ... All 18 of them that I'm allowed to eat..plus you licked up fingers and stuck them in the bag...remind me to throw those out later!!! Ugh men are disgusting!0 -
"are you sure you don't want this? otherwise I'm just going to throw it away"
Yep, I so want to be your garbage disposal.0 -
If they know I am doing a lifestyle change, they still ask "Do you want some cake?"
Yeah. "Come on, it's your birthday! Have a couple pieces of cake. Eat whatever/as much as you want!" No, I'll have ONE little piece and maybe a scoop of low carb ice cream. I'm being good goshdarnit! :P
Come on, ONE shot of heroin is NOT going to kill you.0 -
My mom goes "I can't make changes to this recipe for you. I'm an old woman (53) so I NEED meat on my bones."
Then she added 2 FREAKING CUPS of full fat parmesan cheese. I was adding her recipe to the MFP database because I wanted some of her Tortellini. I NEVER knew she put 1550 calories of cheese in it. Her recipe doubled in calories when she did that.
Now the joke around my house is:
I'm not sure this salad is gonna bind properly. I should add 2 cups of parmesan cheese.
OR
Something is missing in this breaded chicken breast. It's a little bland. I should add 2 cups of parmesan cheese.
Or
You know what would go really well with this low-fat chocolate pudding? 2 cups of parmesan cheese.
:laugh:
Now this cracked me up! I hate to be a joke thief, but I gotta use this one sometime. Mind if I steal it? I'll attempt to give credit, but depending on the laughs....I can't guarantee I will!
My favorite stupid/funny comment is, "Abs?Abs? Why the hell would a 43 year old guy want abs? Your a** is disappearing, worry about that!" My very funny, and outspoken father.....
Now off to the delhi to clean them out of parm............
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"are you sure you don't want this? otherwise I'm just going to throw it away"
Yep, I so want to be your garbage disposal.
You know, I used to pride myself on being the garbage disposal... *SMH*0
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